What's New
January 30, 2024
The latest issue of Science magazine has a long-format research article on the bacterial populations in an experiment started in 1988 by EEB and MGI faculty member Richard Lenski.With a team of researchers from Spain, France, and Harvard, Lenski and colleagues used high-throughput genomic methods to analyze the fitness effects of hundreds of thousands of mutations in the E. coli bacteria, and how those effects changed over time as the experiment proceeded.
January 9, 2024
The department formerly known as MMG — the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics — has officially changed its name to the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, or MGI.
December 18, 2023
Richard Lenski, Ph.D., a Hannah Distinguished Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, was awarded the 2024 Meritorious Faculty Award. The College of Natural Science gives this award annually to a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in the areas of teaching and research. The award recognizes those who “exemplify MSU’s commitment to the land-grant mission of teaching, research and outreach through their dedication to professional, community and/or MSU service.”
December 7, 2023
Matt Schnizlein, Ph.D., is a second-year Postdoctoral Candidate in MGI whose small business, Inktree Miniatures, creates 3D resin models of everything from fantastical creatures to scientific marvels.
November 28, 2023
Congratulations to Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Ph.D., who has received a prestigious 5-year, $1,934,000 Early Career Maximizing Investigators Research Award MIRA (R35) from the National Institutes of Health (specifically the National Institute of General Medical Sciences). The grant is entitled "Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cooperation in Animal-Bacterial Symbioses."
